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Healthcare to Mid-Air: Eagle Finds Her Calling on the Flight Deck
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University junior Marina Lindbergh believes there is no career more romantic than being a pilot. “Flying because you love it and always building your skills,” she said — “that’s the goal.”
January 17, 2022
Embry-Riddle Heart Defect Research Reaches $700,000 in Funding
Researchers from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University will advance testing and development of a device designed to help patients born with only one functioning heart ventricle, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Children’s Heart Foundation, which brings the funding the project has received since the researchers began work in 2015 to $700,000.
January 12, 2022
How Do Pilots Think? New Presidential Research Fellow Seeks Answers
Dr. Barbara Holder, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s most recent Presidential Fellow, studies how pilots think in order to develop aviation systems and procedures that are as safe, efficient and easy-to-understand as possible.
January 10, 2022
Eagle Uses EMT Training to Help Save Fellow Airline Passenger
The Embry‑Riddle student from Port Orange, Florida, who had just gotten his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) license the previous summer, jumped into action.
January 5, 2022
Eagle Project to Vault Air Traffic Control into Next Generation Wins Innovation Award
The way America monitors the National Airspace System (NAS) will soon transition to a new platform to improve efficiency and predictability of air travel.
December 17, 2021
Aviation Week Op-Ed: How to Prepare a Skilled Commercial Space Workforce
This Aviation Week op-ed explores the booming space industry. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., looks at how recent advancements in rockets, satellite technology, and suborbital flights have spurred a new generation of students to aim beyond Earth.
October 28, 2021
Aspiring Drone Pilots Can Now Train Remotely at Embry-Riddle
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus recently received a first-of-its-kind waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will allow students to remotely pilot unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, through online video platforms like Zoom.
June 1, 2021
Prescott’s Golden Eagles Flight Team Wins 13th National Championship
The first thing you see when driving into Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus is a series of 12 prominent signs, one for every year the campus’ Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the NIFA SAFECON (National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference) National Championship. Following the results of the 2021 competition, announced May 22, it’s time to add number 13.
May 26, 2021
Aviation Week Op-Ed: Virtual Systems Improve Training and Safety
This Aviation Week op-ed underscores the value of extended reality technologies for aerospace workforce training and safety.
May 7, 2021
Testimony before the Committee on Science, Space, & Technology United States House of Representatives
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., appeared before the House Science Space and Technology Committee on May 6, 2021.
May 6, 2021
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Embry-Riddle No. 1 for Online Bachelor’s Degrees, Online Programs for Vets
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has been awarded the No. 1 ranking for Best Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs in the newly released 2021 national college and university rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
January 26, 2021
Aviation Week Op-Ed: How Pandemic Lessons Could Improve Flight-Training Safety
This Aviation Week op-ed explores how Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University drew on aviation’s safety culture to develop new flight training methods amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 22, 2021